I have been a hard-core music fan since I was in high school, buying random cutout albums because that was the only thing I could afford. But back then, I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those people still listening to the same music at 40 that they were listening to in high school.
For all the problems with streaming, I also appreciate being able to find new things without having to buy endless albums I'll never listen to again.
My playlists tend to fall into a couple of buckets: stuff I listen to when I write and stuff I listen to as background music or when I want to just enjoy the music. The former includes playlists such as the best of Elvis' movie tracks, random great pop songs no one remembers or 90s pop/rock tracks. The latter playlists are things like a playlist of Northern Soul songs or this playlist called "The Coolest Jukebox In Your Favorite Southern Dive Bar"
There was a good power pop compilation released by Cherry Red this year named after The Toms song, I Wanna Be A Teen Again: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5EZOkGVKfyVVmCMMfoQe2u?si=0c208b1d36da4901
Some gems in there!
I have been a hard-core music fan since I was in high school, buying random cutout albums because that was the only thing I could afford. But back then, I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those people still listening to the same music at 40 that they were listening to in high school.
For all the problems with streaming, I also appreciate being able to find new things without having to buy endless albums I'll never listen to again.
My playlists tend to fall into a couple of buckets: stuff I listen to when I write and stuff I listen to as background music or when I want to just enjoy the music. The former includes playlists such as the best of Elvis' movie tracks, random great pop songs no one remembers or 90s pop/rock tracks. The latter playlists are things like a playlist of Northern Soul songs or this playlist called "The Coolest Jukebox In Your Favorite Southern Dive Bar"
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5NxwyidJRiYn9cI2MhQAmn?si=da8f5a2156a04606
Back when they were doing great things, PBS adapted The Lathe of Heaven, around 1980. It's really good, budget aside.
There was also a version in 2002, which I haven't seen.
Really, truly awful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lathe_of_Heaven_(film) was made with a budget of $250,000 in 1980. It looked... about what you would expect